78-year-old lives in car after luck runs out
“I called 50 agencies trying to get some help,” said 78-year-old Edythe Russell who is homeless. She worked for 60 years, went to college and owned two homes. But now the senior citizen lives in her car in Carlsbad. And, she is not the only one. Ref. Source 1b.
Hepatitis A kills fourth county resident in outbreak among homeless. San Diego County’s long-running hepatitis A outbreak has claimed its fourth life and has put 120 people in the hospital, according to a new public health announcement made Monday afternoon. Source 2n.
Alvarez asks San Diego mayor to declare homeless state of emergency. San Diego City Councilman David Alvarez has asked Mayor Kevin Faulconer to declare a state of emergency on homelessness, which would cut through regulations and allow the city to use public buildings as shelters. Source 7g.
San Diego officials now say the homeless person placed into a trash truck may have been a woman. While San Diego city officials continue to investigate how a homeless person was scooped into the back of a trash truck when crews were clearing a portion of Commercial Street last month, they now say initial reports indicate the victim was a woman, not a man. Source 3o.